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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
Entertainments.-We are request

Entertainments are request
ed to state that the young ladies and
gentlemen of Shepherdstown will hold
two entertainments during the latter
part of February. for the benefit Of the
new Town Hall. The entertainments
will consist of charades, tableauX,
music, recitations, &C., and will be eX-
tremely interesting. Further particu-
lars will be given.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
Greatly Excited.

Not few of the citizens of Shepherds
town have recently become greatly ex-
cited over the astounding facts, that
several OF their friends who had been
pronounced by their physicians as.in-
durable and beyond all hope suffering
with that dreaded monster Consumption
have been completely cured by DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, the only remedy that does posi-
lively cure all throat and lung diseases,
Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis.
Trial bottle free at j. g. Gibson's Drug
Store, large bottles 81.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Public NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will
be public installation of the officers of
Oak Grove Grange on Saturday, Febru-
airy 9th, to which the public is cordially
invited. There will also be free din
ner, at which the members will be glad
to see their friends. We acknowledge
with thanks an invitation to be present,
and shall be glad TO take advantage Of
becoming better acquainted with the
sturdy farmers Of that section. We are
requested to say that all who will come
will be welcome.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Canal Experimentation l..
Victor Baughman sent Messrs. Stephen
Gambrill. treasurer, and John p. Ayres.
accountant, TO Cumberland Monday,
where they began to pay off the en-
ployes ofthe Oh csapeake and Ohio canal
for the month OF November. This dis
bursement will distribute about 10000
among the canal employees. The De-
cember pay. roll is still due. but it is
expected will be paid in few weeks,
thus closing up the entire Indebtedness
of the canal for 1856, excepting interest
on coupons past due. In the event of
the soft coal pool making satisfactory
arrangements, rates on the canal will be
increased so as to enable tAe company to
pay all its yearly liabilities, including
interest on repair bonds of 1878.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Near Agnes, Texas, Thursday, John
Dickey, farmer, without any warn.
ing, murdered his wife, breaking her
skull with stick of wood. His three
year- old child, who was in the arms OF
its grandmother, he then killed in spite
of the grandmother's efforts to save the
child's life. He then shot aud killed
himself. He was probably insane.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Alexander Searles, solored man
abont As years old, with number OF
aliases, has been arrested in Jersey City
fol violating the postal laws. He noted
all the advertisements of Western men
advertising for wives, then wrote the
man seeking wife letter initiating a
woman's hand containing the picture of
a beautiful girl, who was made to say
tina. she had saved s25, and If the bal
ance necessary to take her to her desti-
nation was RENTED, she would start at
once. A number of men were swindled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
Railroad Accident.-Last Wed


nesday night at the crossing of the
Shenandoah Valley and Baltimore and
Ohio Railroads at Charlestown a collis-
ion occurred, caused by the north bound
freight train being on the track on the
crossing while the south bound ex.
press train on the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad was approaching the crossing.
The express :rain was Gully signaled. but
their air. brakes failing to work caused
the engine of the Shenandoah Valley
train to strike the freight about the
centre of the train, causing. total
wreck of the engine of the express and
i've coal hoppers and one box car. The
collision caused great excitementamong
the passengers of the express train, but
no one was seriously injured.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
January IL, 1887.

January IL, 1887.
Mr.. TowYER ScHLEY-Dedr Sir:
used several sacks Of your Fertilizer,
manufactured by the Chesapeake Gu
ano Company Of Baltimore, on my corn
last spring, and found that it NOT only
made better yield, but matured better.
During the drought IL did not fire at all
but grew vigorously all the time. | can
chseriully recommend it TO my neigh
bors.
Respectfully &C.,
JOHN J. BYERS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

A caucus of the Republican members
of the Pennsylvania Legislature has
agreed to submit TO the vote OF the peo-
pie al amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the sale of liquor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Considerable apprehension is felt in
New York City at the spread Of small
box. An epidemic of the disease is
feared.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Money to Loan.-Five hundred
dollars will be loaned on first-class Sc
curity for a long term. For further in-
formation apply at this office,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

NJ. f. CHURCH SOUTH.
REV. w. G. HAMMOND, PASTOR.
Unionville IL o. m, Bethesda 2.30 p. IN.
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
REV. d. NJ. MosER, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown IL a. m.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REV. CHARLES GHIsELIN, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown $50 p. m, Kearneysville III
q. m, Communion. Preparatory serVi ces
Friday 730 p. M, and Saturday IL a. m.
REFORMED CHURCH.
REV. Il. +. BAUSMANN, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown IL a. m, Kearneysviile
3p. m.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV. l.. X. MASON, RECTOR.
Shepherdstown at 1890 a. m. and 7.SO p m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services first Tuesday of every month by
Rev. Father Wilson, at n. m.
Y. NJ. G. A.
Services at their Room every Sunday az
ternoon at $3.50.
/. o. O. +.
Caledonia Lodge, No. 4, meets every Mon
day evening at p. m.
Potomac Lodge, No. 81, meets every Friday
evening at 7 p. IN.
Forest Grange No. %, will meet the Sec
ond Friday in each month at p. M, and the
last Friday at p m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

II you want the best cottonades muslins,
tickings, &c, &C., go TO Beachley Co. Their
stock is large prices low.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

People say that merchants who ask large
profits gets left; nice goods at short profits
does the business. See Beachley & Co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
Dinner Sets,

tea sets and the finest stock OF fancy China
and Glassware in the city. can now be seen
al Beachleys, very cheap.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
Bargain Counters
Short Profits,

at Beachley' S means bargains for all. Go and
see
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
"Con.umption canb. Cured. >.

DR.. ]. s. COMBS, 0wensville, Ohio, says: 81
have given SCOTS EMULSION OF Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites to four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All were hereditary cases
Of Lung disease, and advanced to that stage
when Coughs, pain In the chest, frequent
breathing, frequent pulse, fever, and Emaci-
alton. All these cases have increased in
weight from l6 to % lbs, and are not now
needing.any medicine. prescribe no other
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites Lime, and Soda, but Scott's, believing
IL to be the best"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

wv l1QNS ANs
If you want working Shirt cheap,
We Have 1t.
Ifyou want pair of Overalls, cheap,
We Have Them.
If you want an undershirt cheap,
it will pay you to give us call. A
good pair Canton Flannel Drawers
for &c., marvel for cheapness. You
can get at the Variety Store
Suspenders, PaperCol-
lars, Celluloid Col.
lars, Fiberline Col.
lars and Guns.
For Ladies', Mems and Misses Hose
you will find it to your advantage to
come to the
VARIETY STORE.
Our Groceries, you will find them
fresh and cheap. They do not stay
long enough with us to get stale.
Granulated Sugar &c.
Confec. A. Sugar &c.
IN. O. MOlasses at @c.
N. O. Sugar at &c.
Vanilla Syrup 4Oc.
| Cream Cheese lSc.
Dried Beef 2Oc., Clipped
HOwer's Rolled Oats
ID cents.
Dat Meal DC. pound.
Coxes'' Gelatine 15c.
Nelson's Gelatine l5c.
Cracker Dust 1Oc.
Prunes &c.
| Dried Currants &c.
Dried Cherries loo.
Tapioca lOc.
Raisins l2c.
Bakers Chocolate 25c.
In fact you can get anything you
want in the grocery line at the Variety
Store.
We want 500 lbs of
Dried Apples.
We want 500 lbs Of
Dried Cherries.
We want Dried Corn.
, We want Beans.
I We want Chickens
and Ducks.
: We want Butter.
We want Eggs for
cash or trade.
We are open TO trsde for anything
from q wheeIbarrow 70 threading
machine, 90 bring along your tzne-
ton engine
Respectfully,
B. S. PENDLETON.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

quick sales, polite attention and large stocl
bought at very low prices, to select from, al
Beachley's prominent inducements.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

A pretty little daughter was born to
Secretary and Mrs. Whitney at Wash
ington on Sunday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

AT BEACHLEY'S,
HAGERSTOWN, MD.

If you want the best cottonades, muslins,
tickings &C.. &c. go TO Beachley q Co. Their
stock is large prices low.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

This is certainly the largest stock ever
opened in Hagerstown. Our object In buying
so heavily was To get them cheap, and we feel
confident that we shall offer the cheapest line
OF Cloaks OF every kind you ever saw. We
have about 80 different styles. All styles will
be worn, and II you buy Newmarket, Vesite
Jacket. Dolman, Plush Coat, or whatever IL
may be. you will be safe in regard To style.
The nobbiest things OF the season are the
new BOUCLE and ASTRACHAN JACKETS.
in a great vyriety OF shapes and styles, rang
ing in prices from $iO0 TO sl5.D.
NEWMARKETS will be as much In fayor
as last year, but very much cheaper Do not
fail to see our 500 Newmarket In low priced
goods and Sl2.00 a better quality. We have
ali styles-Black and Brown, Trimmed and
Untrimmed, and nearly every style OF cloth.
In better goods we show Plush Coats,
Vesites In velvet and Frfese effects, Plush
yesites, and every style imaginable.
We ask your particular attention 10 our
handsome line ofSeal Plush Coats at S1oUl
and $500 Will sell you fully as good coat
at SIS. 30 as sold last year at $500.
Remember, you will md an Immense -
sortment to select from. Wecann0I give you
an Idea of the magnitude Of our Stock sui-
| fee IL 10 say, you will ind anything you MAY
want.
We can sell you Child's Coat anywnefe
| from 81 90 TO $1,000 The styles are unusually
urettily made and are OUT In all sorts OF Styles
ES-Do not fail TO see our Coat stosk- IL
WIZ save you i"o PA. BRUGH.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28
CHURCH DIRECTORY
NJ. T.. CHURCH

NJ. T.. CHURCH.
REV. JAMES MCLAREN, PASTOR.
Mt. Wesley II a. m, Shepherdstown $50 p.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

NJ. f. CHURCH SOUTH.
REV. w. G. HAMMOND, PASTOR.
II q. m, Bethesda 2.30 p. IN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

SHEPHERDsTowS, w. Va.
December IA, 1856.
ME-. TowxER ScHLEr-Deav Sir: i
have been using your Fertilizer for some
year. upon my corn and shall continue
to do so as long as have as good results
as in the past. During the drought OF
last summer found that my cosn die
not fire, but grew vigorously all the
time, and my Weld was fine one. Re
ally 3elieve that Fertilizer on corn i
as essential If not more 30 than wheat
Yours &C.,
WIN. A. MORGAN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Forest Grange No. %, will meet the sec
ond Friday in each month at p. m, and the
last Friday at p. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

NEAR SHEPHERDsTowS,
January Ia, 1887.
Mr.. TowNER SCHLEY-Dedr Sir: Your
Fertilizer have no hesitancy In endors-
ing. | have used 1t upon my corn for
several years and shall use 1t again.
Hastily yours,
WIN. &. MYERS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

j. q. u. i.
Potomac Lodge, No. 81, meets every Friday
evening at 7 p. IN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-28

Caledonia Lodge, No. 4, meets every Mon
day evening at p. m.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Love Charms.

Girls in Buckinghamshire, England, are
wont to pin one of their woolen stock
ings to the wall and repeat the following:
II hang my stocking on the wall,
Hoping my true love for to call;
May be neither rest, sleep, nor happy be,
Until he comes and speaks to me-"
Another custom when lover is faith
less is to prick the "wedding" finger, and
with the blood write upon paper her own
name and the name of the favored swain,
afterward to form three rings (still with
the blood joined underneath the writing,
dig hole in the ground and bury the
paper, keeping the whole matter secret
from everyone. This is believed to be an
unfailing charm.
To see her future husband in dream,
maiden, on taking off her boots must
place them T-square fashion and pointed
in the direction of the nearest church.
She must then say.
II set my boots in the shape Of T,
Hoping my true love for to see;
The shape of his body, the color Of his hair,
And the daily apparel my true love doth
wear"
And afterward get into bed backward,
preserving strict silence. This procedure
is to be repeated twice, so that the future
husband may be identified by his appear
ing three times in dream. Wayord's
antiquarian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
A Woman of Nerve.

A case of extraordinary pluck on the
part of a woman occurred at Jefferson
medical college clinic recently, says the
Philadelphia Record. The lady applied
to have tumor removed from her arm.
The doctors told her that they would
have to administer ether, as the operation
would prove so very painful. This she
refused. They offered her glass of wine
o, brandy, but the lady simply waved it
away, saying that she would be able to
undergo the operation. The doctors con-
suited for moment and decided to take
the woman at her word and 60 ahead.
They barred her arm to the shoulder, laid
her on her side, and then buried the knife
in the flesh, cut big cash over six inches
in length, pulled the bleeding pieces
apart, removed the. tnmor, scraped the
bone, and then sewed the parts together.
During all this time the patient never
moved. Not cry escaped her, and as
she gritted her teeth her face became as
white as a sheet. After the operation
was concluded DR.. Brinton, turning to the
900 students, said "There is not man
among you who could have stood that op-
Grafton as heroically as this woman"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
How They Wed in Albania.

The dress of the Albanian women, says
an exchange, is ungallantly described by
travellers as hideous. 1t is said to be of
thick material and shapeless; a leather
band encirclcs the waist, and usually a
little black cloak is thrown over the
shoulders. But the wearers are the most
beautiful women of Eastern Europe, and
their manners always gracious.
Filtration is unknown, and even the
most decorous lovc-making forbidden.
The proper thing is for the lover never
to see his intended till their marriage
day. She has been carefully secluded in
the recesses of her home till her parents
think she is old enough to be married.
Having arrived at this conclusion, they
announce the fact; if the mere announce
mcnt is of no avail, they adopt strong
measures. The lady's brother will polite
" come up to friend in the street and
pleasantly remark: "You are just the
fellow wanted to see. My sister is four
teen years old; you must marry her. \"
No Albanian who respects himself re-
jects the proposal of his friend; in fact,
he regards it as an honor, and knows
that q refusal means duel to the death.
Like other more Western mortals, he may
have a morbid curiosity regarding his
friends sisters personal appearance, and
then he has recourse to the inevitable old
woman, whose profession is to intervene
in such cases. She calls on the bride,
inspects her, and then returns to the ex-
pectant swain with detailed account Of
the young ladY's qualities. of course
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
A Queer Coin.

"There is counterfeit ten-cent piece
with history" said Jackson street
man Yesterday, as he fondled a greasy
looking coin dangling from his watch
chain. "When the Federal troops were
before Fredericksburg New York vol.
unteer got out of his trench one morning
and, after attracting the attention of a
Johnny who could be seen inside the
fortifcations, raised a glass of whiskey
to his lips, which were puckered for a
long ,Ep pull: .,.+o.. bod +,..5 n.rb.r,
three swallows of the liquor when he saw
a puff of smoke and flash from the
Notifications, followed second later by
the collapse Of the whiskey flask and the
fall of the volunteer. The bottle, which
had been struck by mimic ball, was
shivercd and the man who had held 1t
lay bleeding at our feet. His upper jaw
had been shattered by the bullet, which
had also taken away seven Of his front
teeth aud buried itself high up in his
right cheek. It was one of the prettiest
shots 1 saw during the whole war, and
the volunteer, altnougn seriously "oo'u
Ged, seemed to think it about the finest
piece of work it had ever been his pleas
ure to witness.
1.-THE bullet was cut out by surgeon,
and as soon as the patient recovered from
tn, shock which he experienced we
melted the piece of lead and cast four of
these dimes. The volunteer kept one,
another went to his brother, the surgeon
kept the third, and I was so fortunate as
to become the possessor Of the other. So
you see this little piece of Confederate
lead broke a whiskey bottle and human
jaw, knocked out seven teeth, and
travelled over six hundred yards to battle
itself in liquor and gore. Six months
after this incident we learned that the
bullet was fired by cross-eyed man in q
South Carolina regiment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Poisoning by Locust Tree Bark.

The inner bark of the fragrant lowered
locust, commonly cultivated as an orna-
mental tree and for its invaluable timber,
has long been known to have sweetish
taste resembling that of licorice, and to
have emetie and cathartic properties:
In the New York Medical Journal Dr.
z. T. Emery reports a case of poisoning
Of thirty-two boys at the Brooklyn Or
pllan Asylum, from chewing some of this
bark, which they had obtained from the
yard, where fence posts had been
stripped.
In the mildest cases, vomiting of ropy
mucus was observed, together with
flushed faces, dryness of the throat, and
diated pupils. In the severest cases,
large quantities of ropy mucus, mixed
with blood, were vomited. The other
symptoms were retching, pain in the cpl
gastrium. debility, stupor, cold and pulse
less extrcmities, feeble and intermittent
action of the heart, dilated pupils and
face of dus&y pallor.
The patients were given subcarbonate
of bismuth and brandy by the mouth, and
morphine hypodermicaliy; sinapisms
were applied over the stomach, and bot
ties of hot water along the extremities
The patients were discharged from the
hospital in two days.-Scis@tye An'eri-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Lives Lost In Warfare.

It is estimated that nearly 1000, 000,.
900 of human beings have perished in the
battles which man has waged against hii
fellow w-creature--man; but there is scarce.
ly battle of the last three centuries
which can at all rival in destructiveness
many ancient struggles. In the follow.
ing list the first-named in each case were.
the victors:
Jerusalem (siegc of, A. D. 70, Romans
and Jews. More than 1000, 600 JeTi
perished. -.
Plataa, B. G. 479, Greeks and Persisns.
The latter were annihilated, losing 800, ,00e
men.
Battle. "a. D. 26O between the Romani
(under Claudius) and the Goths. In thii
fight 800, 900 were slain. %
Issus, B. G. 3S3, Greeks and Persians.
The latter lost 10, 900, of whom 70, 600
were left dead on the field.
Hastings, A. D. 1866, Normans and
Saxons. Over $4,000 men were slain.
Falkirk, A. D. 1898, English and
Scots. The latter left 10000 dead on
the field.
Bannockburn, A. D. 1914, Scots and
English. The latter lost so, 900 men.
Vienna (siege of, 1929, Germans and
Turks. The Turks lost 70, 900 men. :
Blenheim, A. D. 1904, English and
Germans against French and Bavarians.
The latter lost $4,000 men.
Prsya, 17G4, Russians and Poles. Phe
latter had 80. O.QDe killed. 2
From rough calculation, taken from
the returns Of those left dead on the
fields of battle ~ which Napoleon COM
manded, from Mentenotte . Taterl9o:
we find the amount 1,sl1,5o0. The
Crimean war caused the destruction Of
7s4, 900 lives; the war in Italy in 1887,
$4,000; in Schleswig Holstein, $500;
the civil war, 800, 900; the Prussian and
Austrian war, 45, 900; the war in Mexico
and China by the English and French,
$4,000; and the Prussian and French
war, iOe,O q grand total between
1858 and 1880 of $50, 900 lives.-7Ty
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Church Membership in the United
States.

There are in the United States $685.
954 Roman Catholics, 3s, 722 Greek, Ar
menian, and Byzantine Catholics, 73, 265
Jews, 275, 900 pagans, 14,607, ,764 Prot
testants, 7,439, ,S14 different creeds not
stated and infdels. Of the Protestants,
5, 1856, 553 are Baptists, 5,943,S75 Metho-
dists, 551, 500 Episcopalians, 487, ,619
Congregationaists, 1905, ,437 Presbyter-
iaus, 9l, 769 Adventists, 1856, 9S7 Luther
ans, 24S, 1925 Dutch Reformed. Of tho
different creeds not stated and infdels
1GO, s37 are Mormons, $4,000 Quakers,
300, 900 Universalists, As, 900 Unitarians,
so, 900 Mennonitcs, 9,02S Moravisns,
1000 New Jcrusalcmites, 700 Schwen-
feldians, 1900, 600 Spiritualists, 10000
Shakers, 100000 atheists, 10000, 600
infdcls. The balance of Is, 23G, S47 un-
der this head may be accounted for as
follows: Adherents and families of Ro-
man Catholics, 100000; the same Of
Protestants, 5000, 900: and of unspeci-
fed crecds, 8. 233, 47.-iStatistician.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Treasures In Pekin.

Among the loot taken from the impe'
rial summer palace at Pekin, during the
last Chinese war, were many articles Of
European jewelry, which had been pre-
sented at various times to the Emperor.
One was a beautiful telescope of the time
of Louis XVI, enriched with pearls and
enamels of fruit on red ground and
wreathes of flowers in gold on black
ground, the object-glass being formed of
watch set with pearls. Others were
gold waist clasps with watches in their
centres. Another article was handsome
gold-cnameled bow, which was divided
into three compartments, one being a
musical box, with an automaton mounte-
bank; another, snuff-box; and the third,
a watch-case with medallion of the
Petit trianon. Underneath was a secret
compartment, opened by touching three
small spring at time.